Neck-yoke.



110. 818,188. PATBNTED 11811.17, 1908. C. E. 11888.

1180K YOKB.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.l0.1005.

W/TNESSES: /NVENTOH A TTOHNE YS i UNTTED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

CHARLES E. HESS, OF SACO, MONTANA.

' p NECK-YOKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October l0, 1905. Serial No. 282,088.

Patented April 1'7, 1906.

T allv whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HEss, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Saco, in the county of Valley and State of y tongue without danger of the arts becoming accidentally separated, and, urther, to provide ball-bearings for the yoke.

I will describe a neck-yoke embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

- thereof. i Fig. 3 is a sectionv at right angles tol Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan .showing a neck-yoke and its connections with a tongueembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a Sectional view Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig.- 3.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a 4vehicle-tongue, on the end of which is a metal u tip 6, here shown as secured in place by means of a screw 7. This metal tip has a reduced end portion 8 on which a socket member 9 is designed to removably engage. The reduced portion 8 is provided with a lug 10 for interlocking in a channel 11, formed within the socket member, and having an outlet opening 12, through which the lug may pass when t e parts are placed together-that is, when e socket member 9 is to be placed upon the reduced portion 8 the said lug 10 is to pass through the outward opening 12 to the annular channel 11, then by turning the socket member the parts will be secured together.

Secured to the yoke 13 is a metal clip 14, provided with achamber 15, into which a ring-like member 16 on the socket 9 is de-` signed to pass. A pivot-bolt 17 passes through the walls of the clip and also through an opening 18 in the portion 16. The said opening 18, it will be noted, is considerably larger than the diameter of the bolt 17, and arranged between the inner wall of this openin 18 and the bolt are antifriction bearingbals 19. The balls are prevented from lateral displacement by means of metal plates 20, engaging with the sides of the extension 16.

With my invention it is obvious that 'a yoke may be readily attached to a tongue and as readily detached therefrom, and as the tongue does not project forward of the yoke it will be impossible for driving-reins to get underneath the tongue. I

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a vehicle-tongue, of a metal tip thereon, a socket member for engaging over the tip, and means for interlocking the tip and socket member, a yoke having swinging connection with the socket member, and antifrictioinballs 'arrangedin said swinging connection.

2. The combination with a vehicle-tongue, of a metal tip thereon having a reduced portion, a lug on said reduced portion, a socket member for engaging over the reduced portion and having an annular channel for receiving the lug, the said channel having an outward opening, a clip adapted for connection with a yoke and having a chamber, a ring-like extension on the socket member passing into the chamber of the clip, a pivotolt passing through the walls of the clip and yalso through said opening, the said opening having a larger diameter than the diameter of the bolt, and antifriction-balls arranged in the space between the opening of the extension and the bolt.

3. The combination with a wagon-tongue, of a socket member adapted for connection with the tongue and having a ring-like eXtension, a yoke, a clip on the yoke, and an antifriction-ball connection between said eXtension andthe clip.

In testimonyV whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. HESS.

Witneses:

HARRY A. VAGe, WILLIAM D. MILLER. 

